Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.